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Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Goodness! This quilt was so much fun to make. The sewing process to make these blocks was really rather simple, and also terribly addictive. I couldn't stop making, and arranging, and re-arranging the finished blocks, with each block adding more drama and completing the picture.

I stopped at 36scrappy trip around the world blocks, made in a little more than 3 days of happy patching. I have enjoyed working with my fabric stash and love that this quilt is a reflection of my stash: not a lot of purple, a touch of brown, and just a dash of black.

Oliver at work.

The scrappy trip along quilt is one of the bigger quilts that I have quilted myself, measuring 72 inches x 72 inches. Wrestling with all of it's weight and bulk during an exceptionally warm spell of Summer weather was physically uncomfortable to say the least. I am however grateful to have had the company of my little supervisor whilst basting, ensuring every pin was placed just so.

I quilted this quilt by stitching along both sides of every second seam line, both horizontal and vertical seam lines. I then cross-hatched (stitched diagonal lines) through the center of every second diagonal row of squares.

The quilt is quite heavily quilted - no square of fabric remains un-quilted - which gives it a lovely texture and drape.

For the back of the quilt I have used Aneela Hoey's Sew Stitchy - Pins and a customary black/white pin stripe fabric for binding; a given.

This one is rather special and although it's going to be tough to let this quilt go, I have decided to offer it for sale. Paypal only (major credit cards accepted) - please use drop down menu to select shipping destination. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to email me: redpepperquilts@gmail.com

Your quilt is beautiful. I have one on the the go too. I have never machine quilted, and I was hoping to encourage you to do a tutorial on machine quilting. I am wondering about presser foot pressure, stitch length, walking foot, where on earth to start stitching etc. Thank you for considering this request and for sharing your lovely images

It's a marvelous quilt and I can understand how it was difficult to part with. You are such an uber-productive quiltmaker. It's amazing to me that you can do so much non-stop sewing. I don't believe I've ever read in your posts about what you use for batting. With so many brands and types on the market now, I find it interesting that bloggers rarely talk about batting... or even mention it in their quilt stats. Do you have a favorite?

What a beautiful quilt. Thank you for sharing your quilting technique. I have made a smaller one in the #scrappytripalong and had no idea where to even start with the quilting. Only my second quilt ever and I had my first quilt professionally quilted. Thanks again and I just love your quilt :-)

Always loving your quilts! Your colors are so bright and cheery and those stripey bindings....so bold and beautiful! Seeing your version of the scrappy trip quilt really makes me want to join in on the fun!